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Lafleur 2006

Château Lafleur, Bordeaux, France

Château Lafleur
Bordeaux France
  • 95
    Points
  • The 1 184 best
    of 3 290 954
    wines globally
  • 6 Pros of
    7 recommend
    this wine
575 95
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  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    1 031

  • Producer ranking ?

    41

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

  • Food Pairing

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The Story

Between the estates of Pétrus and La Fleur-Pétrus, amid vineyards, stands a stone house with closed shutters. The road that winds to the house between the vine rows has no signs or indications as to the name of the place. The construction looks more like a maintenance shed for the neighbouring estates than the main building of a winery. However, this is a house that makes one of the most desirable wines in Bordeaux: Château Lafleur.

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Between the estates of Pétrus and La Fleur-Pétrus, amid vineyards, stands a stone house with closed shutters. The road that winds to the house between the vine rows has no signs or indications as to the name of the place. The construction looks more like a maintenance shed for the neighbouring estates than the main building of a winery. However, this is a house that makes one of the most desirable wines in Bordeaux: Château Lafleur.

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Tasting note

color

Deep and Ruby red

ending

Medium, Extensive and Pure

flavors

Blackberry, Pepper, Toasty, Leather, Earthy and Tobacco

nose

Open, Seductive and Forward

taste

Good texture, Developing, Medium-bodied, Firm, Focused, Powerful and Silky tannins

Verdict

Exotic and Well made

Written Notes

The 2006 Lafleur had a deep, brooding nose with lots of t ‘n a, classic and a bit ’89-ish in its personality. Bipin found it ‘spicy.’ It gave me an ‘iron man’ impression in the nose, which were healthily complemented by purple and black fruits, and someone admired its ‘black pepper.’ The palate was also big and brooding with deep, dark chocolate flavors. There was also a touch of blueberry and a minerally finish. This was serious stuff, but it still had that small hole in the middle, one that marks the entire vintage, less so in the Lafleur but still there. Perhaps it will disappear over time, but that hole is what keeps most 2006s from real greatness, no matter how solid many may still be
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  • 94p
Good looking normal size bottle, in an perfect condition and has by the neck level. Colour is ruby red and deep. On the nose it is open, seductive and forward. The taste is focused, firm, powerful, with silky tannins, medium-bodied, with good texture structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has blackberry, earthy, leather, pepper, mineral, toasty and tobacco flavours. The finish is medium long, extensive, pure and vibrant. This wine is exotic, fine and fine. I paid around 500-1k€ a bottle. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 20-30 years and decant at least 2h before tasting.
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  • 94p
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Origin

Pomerol, Bordeaux
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